 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev'rond hermit grew. + The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well , Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days ; Prayer all his bus'ness, all his pleasure... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 292 pages
...warriors, worn by toil .and trav.el, were .soon fast asleep, each on his separate pallet. CHAPTER IV. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...and he determined to leave his solitary abode, and to see whether these things were so. The Hermit. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a reverend hermit grew, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...Hermit. Far in a wild, ncknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew ; The moss ͪgo-ȟ~ crystal well ; Remote from men, with God he passed his day», Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1040 pages
...last note of the organ, to fold his thin transparent ivory fingers, ana say, " Let us pray I" NORTH. " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 304 pages
...used to call him the Hermit of the Dale, and not seldom applied to him the words of the poet — ' Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew.' But while we thought that my father was unreasonably ennobling a poor peasant... | |
 | 1832 - 666 pages
...can read Parnell's beautiful description without feeling something like an approach to reverence. " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend her>nit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | I. A. Merryweather - English poetry - 1833 - 162 pages
...the lasting honour they have conferred upon her. WMtby, J**t 13M, 1833. THE HERMIT OF ESKDALESIDE. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev't end Hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 852 pages
...preferment did the wily Norman aspire) hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER XVI. Far in a wild, unknown to public view. From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moan his boo, the cave lii» humble celt. His food the fruit*, In- drink... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 318 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
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FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his... 
